A weekly resource of lessons and activities used to supplement my own students' classroom work within the Victorian ESL Frameworks Certificates 1, 2 and 3. Others are most welcome to participate.
I will leave VIDEO MESSAGES through the holidays. I will share links which will help you with your English. We will also do some ONLINE DICTATION and PRONUNCIATION work.
You can ask me questions. You can chat. You can meet new friends. You can leave messages. You can leave photos and videos. Join our network. Your friends and family from around the world can join us too.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
I will show you how to join and use Facebook in class this week. If you are not in my class ...
1) Join Facebook at www.facebook.com 3) SEARCH for us by typing in DALE POBEGA'S FREE ESL CLUB 4) Apply to join (and don't worry ... you can leave the group whenever you like)
ONLINE DICTATION
We will do some dictation work over the Summer holidays. Join Facebook, do not miss out!
I will give you the link to the Dictation from our Facebook page.
Here is Dictation #1 , a story written by Level 1 students, playing a picture game in class.
2) Print it out. 3) Fold it in half so you cannot see the whole story. 4) If you are a Level 1 or Level 2 student, fill in the gaps when you listen. 5) If you are a Level 3 student, fill in the gaps but listen again and try to write the whole story without looking at the complete story.
We now have many student friends from around the world in our club. There are students from Argentina, China, Cambodia, El Salvador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Vietnam.
Come and meet Tanu on Facebook. She is our first club member from Bangladesh. Here is Tanu speaking about her new year resolutions:
When do we traditionally sing Auld Lang Syne? Why do we sing that song? Do you celebrate New Year? If so, what do you do?
KARAOKE - Auld Lang Syne Let's have a sing along ...
LISTENING - MAKING RESOLUTIONS
A "Resolution" is a promise to change your life in some way. On New Year's Eve many people make a resolution. Here are my resolutions for the coming year ...
Dale o0(I'm going to cut down on eating sweets) Dale o0(I'm going to read a short story in Spanish every week) Dale o0(I'm going to keep on going to the gym and riding my bike to work everyday)
ADVICE: Do not make too many resolutions. You might not be able to keep them!
SPEAKING MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS ... LIFE & STUDY
Make two resolutions ... 1) about your life 2) about studying English.
Use the vocabulary and phrases we used in class:
*quit *cut down on *keep doing *try harder *start
Structure: *I promise to ... *I am going to ... *I will ...
PHONE CAST YOUR RESOLUTIONS ...
Please phone your resolutions on to our class Phlog at ipadio.com (use the Mobile English learning sheet with 1800 number, codes and pin from your book!!!)
Here are some Level 1 and 2 Resolutions ... (many, many more at our ipadio.phlog) :
Can you write a paragraph about the Tasmanian Tiger using the CATEGORIES above as well as CONJUNCTIONS (but / and / however / although, etc) to join your sentences.
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
Find out about endangered animals, why they are endangered and what we can do by watching this presentation:
1) Download the ESL Endangered Animals book above.
2) Use the questions / categories we studied to help you write short sentences about one of the animals in the form.
Make a list of the "household disasters" you see in the video. Which ones are common? Which ones are ridiculous? Which ones are really dangeous?
Have you got a short story to tell about a common, household disaster? Leave your story on our student Phlog at ipadio. (Use the number and codes I gave you in class).
The 24th of August, 79 AD started like any other day ...
(scroll down for more activities about Pompeii)
Volcanoes - Reading and Writing for Information (Level 3)
As you know I spent my holiday in Sumatra, an island in Indonesia with very active volcanoes.
How and why do volcanoes erupt? Watch the Volcano Song ...
1) Note the key words 2) Can you explain what happens?
4) Tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, typhoons ... look at other BBC slide shows and prepare a short written description. How do they happen? Where do they happen? How do they affect lives?
We read about "Super-volcanoes" in class. If Yellowstone National Park explodes the world will be in a lot of trouble. We talked about two past eruptions in class - Krakatoa in the 19th Century and Pompeii in 79AD. POMPEII
In 2009, Melbourne Museum held an exhibition called A Day in Pompeii
This is a short BBC film about the eruption of Krakatoa which took place in 1883 and killed over 36,000 people. The film shows a Dutch family, the Bejjernicks, trying to escape the volcano on a ship with more than 100 passengers ...
What would you do if you were at Krakatoa in 1883?
Watch the other parts of the movie at YouTube.
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LEVEL 1 : Taking Phone Messages
1. Use the BLANK message sheet I gave you in class. Listen to the telephone conversation. Fill in the message sheet. 2. Questions:
Who is the message for? Who took the message? Who called? What is the message? What is Phil's number?
Level 2 examples ... (a little bit more complicated!
The First Europeans to Explore Australia
